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		<title>Chipworks throws an iPhone 4S under its infrared microscope, finds Sony-sourced image sensor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look closely. Can you spot it? That gray abyss is actually an infrared image by Chipworks revealing an iPhone 4S&#8217; Sony-branded, 8 megapixel CMOS sensor. Looks like Howard Stringer wasn&#8217;t bluffing to Walt Mossberg back in April, after all. At the time, it was reported that Apple&#8217;s usual sensor supplier, OmniVision, was experiencing production delays, [...]]]></description>
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	Look closely. Can you spot it? That gray abyss is actually an infrared image by <em>Chipworks </em>revealing an iPhone 4S&#8217; Sony-branded, 8 megapixel CMOS sensor. Looks like Howard Stringer wasn&#8217;t bluffing to Walt Mossberg back in April, after all. At the time, it was reported that Apple&#8217;s usual sensor supplier, OmniVision, was experiencing production delays, prompting speculation that Sony would eventually usurp the position. While the iPhone 4S that <em>Chipworks</em> looked into seems to confirm this, it&#8217;s pointed out that Apple does have a habit of &#8220;dual sourcing&#8221; components (with its contacts saying this should be no different), so Sony may not be the sole supplier this time around. What ever the case, there&#8217;s no denying that the iPhone 4S takes some stellar shots. You&#8217;ll find more information &#8212; including X-rays of the 4S &#8212; at the source link below.</div>
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		<title>Sony Sets the New Metric For Success [Blockquote]</title>
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<p>				Following today&#8217;s Google I/O keynote, Sony CEO Howard Stringer mentioned that Sony&#8217;s Android device was dominating the iPhone in Japan. When Eric Schmidt reminded him that &#8220;Google doesn&#8217;t dominate,&#8221; Stringer responded with this, some weird opposite of a backhanded compliment.				More&nbsp;&raquo;<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/IMG_6936.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_IMG_6936.jpg" class="left image500" width="500"/></a>The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703502804575101013088128250.html">is reporting</a> that Sony's gearing up to take on Apple this year, with the long-awaited <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5245642/sony-ericsson-claims-playstation-phone-could-happen">PSP phone</a> and a netbook/eBook reader/PSP hybrid to fight the iPad.</p>
<p>And just in the nick of time for our Sony tough love fest, <em><a href="http://gizmodo.com/t/wemisssony">We Miss Sony</a></em>!</p>
<p>There aren't extensive details available yet&#8212;including any info about pricing and specs&#8212;but we can expect to see the both the <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #pspphone" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/pspphone/">PSP phone</a> and the PSPad sometime this year. The Sony Ericsson PSP phone, in particular, has been in the works since <a href="http://gizmodo.com/365076/the-playstation-phone-patent">at least 2007</a>, but has met with various <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5132812/the-playstation-phone-was-blocked-by-sony">delays</a> since then.</p>
<p>As for the multifunction iPad competitor, it's not clear exactly what form that will take. Both devices, though, will leverage the media platform Sonys launching later this month. The <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #sonyonlineservice" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/sonyonlineservice/">Sony Online Service</a>&#8212;a temporary name&#8212;is going to provide similar media content as iTunes, but will supplement its offerings with its extensive (and exclusive) catalog of PlayStation games. Mostly older games are expected to be available on the mobile devices.</p>
<p>The project is apparently being speared by Kunimasa Suzuki, who has an oversight role in both Sony's Vaio and PlayStation businesses. Getting previously disparate corporate divisions to work together has been a major part of CEO <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #howardstringer" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/howardstringer/">Howard Stringer</a>'s turnaround plan, making the PSPad an incredibly important sign of if that labor has born any fruit. Is this the Sony renaissance we've <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5484148/we-miss-sony">been longing for</a>? Or will it be another in a long line of <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5477633/how-sony-lost-its-way">proprietary format failures</a>? We'll find out soon, either way. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703502804575101013088128250.html">WSJ</a>]</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.gawkerassets.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F4%2F2010%2F03%2FIMG_6936.jpg&sref=rss"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_IMG_6936.jpg" class="left image500" width="500"  title="Sony's Mythical PSPad a Combination of the iPad and PlayStation"/></a>The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703502804575101013088128250.html&sref=rss">is reporting</a> that Sony&#8217;s gearing up to take on Apple this year, with the long-awaited <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5245642%2Fsony-ericsson-claims-playstation-phone-could-happen&sref=rss">PSP phone</a> and a netbook/eBook reader/PSP hybrid to fight the iPad.</p>
<p>And just in the nick of time for our Sony tough love fest, <em><a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ft%2Fwemisssony&sref=rss">We Miss Sony</a></em>!</p>
<p>There aren&#8217;t extensive details available yet&mdash;including any info about pricing and specs&mdash;but we can expect to see the both the <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #pspphone" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fpspphone%2F&sref=rss">PSP phone</a> and the PSPad sometime this year. The Sony Ericsson PSP phone, in particular, has been in the works since <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F365076%2Fthe-playstation-phone-patent&sref=rss">at least 2007</a>, but has met with various <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5132812%2Fthe-playstation-phone-was-blocked-by-sony&sref=rss">delays</a> since then.</p>
<p>As for the multifunction iPad competitor, it&#8217;s not clear exactly what form that will take. Both devices, though, will leverage the media platform Sonys launching later this month. The <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #sonyonlineservice" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fsonyonlineservice%2F&sref=rss">Sony Online Service</a>&mdash;a temporary name&mdash;is going to provide similar media content as iTunes, but will supplement its offerings with its extensive (and exclusive) catalog of PlayStation games. Mostly older games are expected to be available on the mobile devices.</p>
<p>The project is apparently being speared by Kunimasa Suzuki, who has an oversight role in both Sony&#8217;s Vaio and PlayStation businesses. Getting previously disparate corporate divisions to work together has been a major part of CEO <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #howardstringer" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fhowardstringer%2F&sref=rss">Howard Stringer</a>&#8216;s turnaround plan, making the PSPad an incredibly important sign of if that labor has born any fruit. Is this the Sony renaissance we&#8217;ve <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5484148%2Fwe-miss-sony&sref=rss">been longing for</a>? Or will it be another in a long line of <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5477633%2Fhow-sony-lost-its-way&sref=rss">proprietary format failures</a>? We&#8217;ll find out soon, either way. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703502804575101013088128250.html&sref=rss">WSJ</a>]</p>

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		<title>Sony returns to black in last quarter, sees signs of hope for the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Sony hasn't been able to report good news on the financial front for quite <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/13/ruh-roh-sony-might-post-first-loss-in-14-years-and-it-would-be-a-biggie/">some</a> <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/14/sony-posts-103-billion-dollar-annual-loss-first-in-14-years/">time</a>, but now it looks like things changed  to the better. The company today <a href="http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/index.html">said</a> ["Sony Global Earnings Releases" in English] in Tokyo  it returned to the black in the October-December quarter (Sony's fiscal year ends March 31) with a handsome $1.6 billion operating profit.

This is Sony's first operating profit in five quarters, after CEO Howard Stringer (pictured) reduced the <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/19/sony-sees-huge-loss-coming-freezes-wages-for-all-workers-for-one-year/">global workforce by 20,000 heads, freezed wages</a>, closed 18% of all plants and cut fixed costs along all business lines. For the same quarter the previous year,  Sony logged a $197 million operating <em>loss</em>.]]></description>
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<p>Sony hasn&#8217;t been able to report good news on the financial front for quite <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchgear.com%2F2009%2F01%2F13%2Fruh-roh-sony-might-post-first-loss-in-14-years-and-it-would-be-a-biggie%2F&sref=rss">some</a> <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchgear.com%2F2009%2F05%2F14%2Fsony-posts-103-billion-dollar-annual-loss-first-in-14-years%2F&sref=rss">time</a>, but now things it looks like things changed to the better. The company today <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sony.net%2FSonyInfo%2FIR%2Ffinancial%2Ffr%2Findex.html&sref=rss">said</a> ["Sony Global Earnings Releases" in English] in Tokyo  it returned to the black in the October-December quarter (Sony&#8217;s fiscal year ends March 31) with a handsome $1.6 billion operating profit.</p>
<p>This is Sony&#8217;s first operating profit in five quarters, after CEO Howard Stringer (pictured) reduced the <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchgear.com%2F2009%2F03%2F19%2Fsony-sees-huge-loss-coming-freezes-wages-for-all-workers-for-one-year%2F&sref=rss">global workforce by 20,000 heads, freezed wages</a>, closed 18% of all plants and cut fixed costs along all business lines. For the same quarter the previous year,  Sony logged a $197 million operating <em>loss</em>.</p>
<p>The PS3 played a good role, too. Sony sold 6.5 million PS3s in 3Q this fiscal but only 4.5 million PS3 in the same time frame last year. For the &#8220;Network Products and Services&#8221; segment (which includes video game sales) as a whole, Sony logged a profit of $213 million after losing $66 million a year earlier.</p>
<p>The company still expects a $770 million group net loss for the year through March, which is much more positive than the previous forecast of $1 billion. Last year, Sony reported a $1.1 billion loss.</p>
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<div class="cnet-image-div image-large" style="width: 610px;"><img class="cnet-image" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090904/IMG_5831_610x457.JPG" alt="3D home video" width="610" height="457" /><p class="image-caption">Are people as interested in 3D at home as manufacturers think? These IFA-goers appear to be, anyway.</p><span class="image-credit">(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET)</span></div></p>
BERLIN--Without a doubt, 3D has garnered the most buzz <a title="IFA 2009: Gadget-fest in Berlin -- Friday, Sep 4, 2009" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10336623-235.html">here at IFA</a> this year.
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Many of the biggest names in consumer technology are pushing not only 3D cinema, but watching 3D movies and playing 3D games at home. </p><p>Earlier this week, Sony CEO Howard Stringer promised Blu-ray players, PlayStation 3, and laptops that will be "3D compatible" next year. Panasonic used the upcoming James Cameron flick "Avatar" to push its "Full HD 3D" idea, and Nvidia and JVC are also showing off monitors and TVs that will make even PC video game playing three-dimensional.
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Despite their obvious enthusiasm for the idea, so far there isn't much evidence that consumers actually want 3D in their homes. Most people are still getting used to paying extra to watch it in the theaters while sporting a pair of plastic spectacles, and some still complain that it's hard on the eyes to watch anything in 3D longer than 10 minutes. So why are gadget makers so excited about it?
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Because of two factors: First, people <i>are</i> watching 3D films. The <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=3d.htm">box office totals</a> of recent hits like "Up," "Monsters vs. Aliens," and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," show that there is indeed interest in the format.
</p><div class="cnet-image-div image-medium float-right" style="width: 270px;"><img class="cnet-image" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090904/IMG_5851_270x202.JPG" alt="Philips 3D TV" width="270" height="202" /><p class="image-caption">The Philips 21:9 3D-capable TV on display at IFA in Berlin.</p><span class="image-credit">(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET)</span></div><p>

But most of all, the companies that make consumer electronics see it as something else to sell that will distinguish their brand from the rest of the pack and from what they currently have at home.  Blu-ray prices are coming down and the format is now solidly successful. And HDTVs, which became a must-have item, are becoming a commodity as well. Manufacturers are always on the lookout for some new twist that will compel users to upgrade, and for now, that appears to be 3D in the home. 
</p><p>
<b>Some trepidations</b><br />
And while there is a race to be first to have a hit product for 3D at home, not everyone is onboard. Both Philips and Toshiba say they have tested the waters of 3D at home, but say it doesn't feel very inviting just yet. 
</p><p>
In their massive booth here at IFA, Philips is showing prototypes of their 21:9 ultrawidescreen TV and a Blu-ray player, both of which are 3D-capable. Yet, interestingly, they have "no immediate plans to launch any commercial 3D TV products in the short term," <a title="Philips: Don't get too excited about 3D -- Thursday, Sep 3, 2009" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10344653-1.html">the company said</a> during their press conference Thursday. The technology, they are freely admitting, "isn't quite there." 
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Toshiba executives are voicing the same concern. ...
                        
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<p class="image-caption">Are people as interested in 3D at home as manufacturers think? These IFA-goers appear to be, anyway.</p>
<p><span class="image-credit">(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET)</span></div>
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<p>BERLIN&#8211;Without a doubt, 3D has garnered the most buzz <a title="IFA 2009: Gadget-fest in Berlin -- Friday, Sep 4, 2009" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-10797_3-10336623-235.html&sref=rss" >here at IFA</a> this year.</p>
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Many of the biggest names in consumer technology are pushing not only 3D cinema, but watching 3D movies and playing 3D games at home. </p>
<p>Earlier this week, Sony CEO Howard Stringer promised Blu-ray players, PlayStation 3, and laptops that will be &#8220;3D compatible&#8221; next year. Panasonic used the upcoming James Cameron flick &#8220;Avatar&#8221; to push its &#8220;Full HD 3D&#8221; idea, and Nvidia and JVC are also showing off monitors and TVs that will make even PC video game playing three-dimensional.
</p>
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Despite their obvious enthusiasm for the idea, so far there isn&#8217;t much evidence that consumers actually want 3D in their homes. Most people are still getting used to paying extra to watch it in the theaters while sporting a pair of plastic spectacles, and some still complain that it&#8217;s hard on the eyes to watch anything in 3D longer than 10 minutes. So why are gadget makers so excited about it?
</p>
<p>
Because of two factors: First, people <i>are</i> watching 3D films. The <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fboxofficemojo.com%2Fgenres%2Fchart%2F%3Fid%3D3d.htm&sref=rss">box office totals</a> of recent hits like &#8220;Up,&#8221; &#8220;Monsters vs. Aliens,&#8221; and &#8220;Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,&#8221; show that there is indeed interest in the format.
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<div class="cnet-image-div image-medium float-right" style="width: 270px;" ><img class="cnet-image" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090904/IMG_5851_270x202.JPG" alt="Philips 3D TV" width="270" height="202" />
<p class="image-caption">The Philips 21:9 3D-capable TV on display at IFA in Berlin.</p>
<p><span class="image-credit">(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET)</span></div>
<p>But most of all, the companies that make consumer electronics see it as something else to sell that will distinguish their brand from the rest of the pack and from what they currently have at home.  Blu-ray prices are coming down and the format is now solidly successful. And HDTVs, which became a must-have item, are becoming a commodity as well. Manufacturers are always on the lookout for some new twist that will compel users to upgrade, and for now, that appears to be 3D in the home.
</p>
<p>
<b>Some trepidations</b><br />
And while there is a race to be first to have a hit product for 3D at home, not everyone is onboard. Both Philips and Toshiba say they have tested the waters of 3D at home, but say it doesn&#8217;t feel very inviting just yet.
</p>
<p>
In their massive booth here at IFA, Philips is showing prototypes of their 21:9 ultrawidescreen TV and a Blu-ray player, both of which are 3D-capable. Yet, interestingly, they have &#8220;no immediate plans to launch any commercial 3D TV products in the short term,&#8221; <a title="Philips: Don't get too excited about 3D -- Thursday, Sep 3, 2009" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-17938_105-10344653-1.html&sref=rss" >the company said</a> during their press conference Thursday. The technology, they are freely admitting, &#8220;isn&#8217;t quite there.&#8221;
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Toshiba executives are voicing the same concern. &#8230;</p>

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<p>Anyone who knows tech knows certain names&#8212;Gates, Jobs, Woz, Kamen, Stringer&#8212;but before they became legends, they were busy doing, well, some <em>curious</em> stuff. Here's a glance at their lives circa 1979:</p>

<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/stevejobs1.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STEVE JOBS" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/steve-jobs/">Steve Jobs</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Just returning to daily work at Apple after a prolonged health scare, he's still one of the most powerful&#8212;and recognizable&#8212;names in the industry.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: This was the year Steve started work on the Lisa, but also the year he became kind of a square. This happened in stages: he bought his first house; began his lifelong Mercedes habit; trimmed his hippie mop; bought some suits; and became a father&#8212;at least as far as the courts were concerned&#8212;to his daughter, Lisa Nicole. Sellout. [<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5301470/the-life-of-steve-jobs-+-so-far/gallery/?selectedImage=14">Source</a>]<br />
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<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BILL GATES" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/bill-gates/">Bill Gates</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Having stepped back from a day-to-day role at Microsoft, Bill now dedicates most of his time to his <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5019597/giz-explains-how-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-will-save-the-world">giant philanthropic foundation</a>. For many, he's still the voice of Microsoft&#8212;a perception he seems to appreciate.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Still in his mid 20s, Bill Gates the businessman was busy rebranding his company from Micro-Soft to Microsoft, and moving operations from Albuquerque to the state of Washington, where they would stay from there on out. Bill Gates the nerd, on the other hand, was solving the so-called "Pancake Problem," publishing a paper on it&#8212;his only academic work. Apparently, <em>n</em> being the number of pancakes in a stack, (5<em>n</em> + 5)/3 flips will always be enough to sort them into a desired order. Why? I have no idea, but it's probably got something to do with me not being a genius billionaire. [<a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/7697/title/Math_Trek__Pancake_Sorting">Science News</a>]<br />
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<p><strong>Now</strong>: Sometimes he's <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5095603/woz-really-does-everything-on-his-segway">Segging</a>, sometime's he's <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5199199/was-steve-wozniak-unfairly-eliminated-from-dancing-with-the-stars">dancing</a>, sometimes he's even <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5306520/my-most-memorable-gadgets-by-steve-wozniak">Giz-ing</a>. In any case since distancing himself from Apple, he's been doing whatever the hell he wants.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: He had begun work on the Lisa, which would later be passed to other engineers. But outside of work, he was diversifying his portfolio. Before he was a voluntary spokesperson for <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged DEAN KAMEN" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/dean-kamen/">Dean Kamen</a>'s Segway, he was a paid spokesperson for Datsun, featuring in a TV commercial for the 1979 280zx in which he drops such memorable elocutions as "I prefer the Z!" and "IT. IS. AWESOME." It is, Steve. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9RX0mBZ0HA">It is.</a><br />
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<strong>Steve Ballmer</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: At Microsoft, he's the dude. He basically runs the show, filling Billy G's old shoes, as it were. In any case, he's at his peak.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Fresh out of college, Steve hadn't even joined Microsoft yet. It wasn't until 1980 that he even pitched the company, who later gave him a job, then a few more jobs, then THE job. A distinguished student at Harvard, he had lofty dreams, which led him to LA, where he tried to make it in Hollywood. (Behind the scenes, of course.) His bid for fame, or at least, profit made from others' fame, didn't pan out, so he went back to school at Stanford. In an alternate universe, Ari Gold's character in <em>Entourage</em> is based on Steve. [<a href="http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980125&#38;slug=2730718">Seattle Times</a>]<br />
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<strong>Michael Dell</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Michael Dell helms the second largest PC manufacturer in the world, and is currently trying to navigate a difficult economy and a precipitous drop in some of his core businesses.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Baby Dell has was just getting a taste of his two lifelong passions: computing and cash. He got his first machine, an Apple II of all things, in 1979 at the age of 14, and promptly tore it apart. Soon after, he tried his hand at entrepreneurship, hawking newspaper subscriptions to newlyweds, whose information he scrounged from public records. This quickly made him a thousandaire. [<a href="http://www.entrepreneurslife.com/thoughts/entry/dell-marketing-strategies/">Source</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/howardstringer.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong>Sir <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged HOWARD STRINGER" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/howard-stringer/">Howard Stringer</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Currently serving as the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/howard-stringer">Emperor of all things Sony</a>, Stringer is hoping to overhaul the company's lumbering, inefficient structure into something a little more streamlined, a little more manageable, and a lot more profitable.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Our Howard, not yet a Sir, was killing network news. In 1979 he was working for CBS, and in 1980 presided over wide staff cuts at the network, mainly in the news department. Apparently, this gutted the network, dragging it down in the ratings races to this day. Not an auspicious start as far as restructurings go, but Sony's a totally different animal, I guess. Right? [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/business/worldbusiness/07stringer.html?_r=1">NYT</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/hp_02.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BILL HEWLETT" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/bill-hewlett/">Bill Hewlett</a> and <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged DAVID PACKARD" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/david-packard/">David Packard</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Passed away, so R.I.P.. But, when they were less dead, they founded what would become the largest PC manufacturer in the world, and drove innovation in personal computing, printing and computer science for years.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: As loads of exciting innovations were swirling around them, courtesy of people who were more or less children, Bill and David were in the twilight of their respective careers. David had returned to HP after a stint in Richard Nixon's Defense Department, where he became an expert in weapons procurement. Half-employed by HP and still advising the government from time to time, he could be seen wandering the halls of the company, doing odd jobs and making new employees kind of sad. By this time, Bill Hewlett had stepped down as CEO, though he and David still featured in some <a href="http://www.hpmemory.org/wb_pages/wall_b_page_08.htm">seriously rad company literature</a> from time to time. [<a href="http://www.hp.com/retiree/history/founders/packard/touch.html">HP</a>, <a href="//books.google.co.uk/books?id=FUmmMGE0IJ0C&#38;pg=PA139&#38;lpg=PA139&#38;dq=%22dave+packard%22+nixon+department+of+defense+weapons&#38;source=bl&#38;ots=xXUS_9d19T&#38;sig=lhyWnSWGP1Hwzy-BX09SNnM5FeU&#38;hl=en&#38;ei=nhVeSsj7A9WrjAeMysXSDQ&#38;sa=X&#38;oi=book_result&#38;ct=result&#38;resnum=1">Ralph Sanders</a>, <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1121_famous_partnerships/image/6_bill_dave.jpg">Image from BusinessWeek</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/07/504x_googleguys.jpg" class="left image500" width="500"/><br />
<strong>The Google Guys</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page run the internet, to put it bluntly. Google's got the most popular search engine, a wide range of successful web services, and a lion's share of the online advertising market. They might have even made the OS on your phone.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: This is where Silicon Valley exec age disparities start to get funny. In 1979, Eric Schmidt was on his way to becoming a respectable adult, heading into a PhD program at Berkeley. Meanwhile, Sergey was emigrating from the Soviet Union. With his parents, of course, since he was only six. While Schmidt was churning out a dissertation over in Oakland, Sergey and Larry were building block castles at Montessori schools. Tech-savvy PhD candidates take note: Those kids at the Waldorf Academy down the street? They might be your bosses someday. I mean, don't worry, you'll be filthy rich. But still. [<a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/360/000058186/">NNDB</a>, <a href="http://www.thejc.com/articles/sergey-brin-google-revolutionary">The JC</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/deamkamen.jpg" class="left image160" width="160" /><br />
<strong>Dean Kamen</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Though he hasn't birthed truly high profile invention since the Segway, Kamen is still doing some really cool stuff, be it designing <a href="http://gizmodo.com/370698/colbert-first-vid-of-dean-kamens-miracle-water-distiller">water purification systems</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/394072/all-things-d-dean-kamen-on-his-mind+controlled-cyborg-luke-arm">bionic arms for vets</a>, or rock-climbing wheelchairs. Or hanging out on his own <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5104016/dean-kamens-private-island-is-now-entirely-off-the-grid">private island</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: In 1979, Dean was running from the tax man! Sort of. Having failed to graduate from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dean had jumped headfirst into a new project called the "Auto-Syringe," which would later be known as the first insulin pump. After his project gained traction, he moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire for tax reasons, and promptly got rich. [<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen_pr.html">Wired</a>]</p>
<p><i><a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/gizmodo-79/">Gizmodo '79</a> is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born.</i></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone who knows tech knows certain names&mdash;Gates, Jobs, Woz, Kamen, Stringer&mdash;but before they became legends, they were busy doing, well, some <em>curious</em> stuff. Here&#8217;s a glance at their lives circa 1979:</p>
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/stevejobs1.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STEVE JOBS" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fsteve-jobs%2F&sref=rss">Steve Jobs</a></strong></p>
<p><iframe src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.php?u=http://digg.com/people/When_Tech_Gods_Were_Mortal_Men" align="right" frameborder="0" height="82" scrolling="no" width="55"></iframe><strong>Now</strong>: Just returning to daily work at Apple after a prolonged health scare, he&#8217;s still one of the most powerful&mdash;and recognizable&mdash;names in the industry.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: This was the year Steve started work on the Lisa, but also the year he became kind of a square. This happened in stages: he bought his first house; began his lifelong Mercedes habit; trimmed his hippie mop; bought some suits; and became a father&mdash;at least as far as the courts were concerned&mdash;to his daughter, Lisa Nicole. Sellout. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5301470%2Fthe-life-of-steve-jobs-%2B-so-far%2Fgallery%2F%3FselectedImage%3D14&sref=rss">Source</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/billgates.jpg" class="left image160" width="160" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BILL GATES" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fbill-gates%2F&sref=rss">Bill Gates</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Having stepped back from a day-to-day role at Microsoft, Bill now dedicates most of his time to his <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5019597%2Fgiz-explains-how-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-will-save-the-world&sref=rss">giant philanthropic foundation</a>. For many, he&#8217;s still the voice of Microsoft&mdash;a perception he seems to appreciate.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Still in his mid 20s, Bill Gates the businessman was busy rebranding his company from Micro-Soft to Microsoft, and moving operations from Albuquerque to the state of Washington, where they would stay from there on out. Bill Gates the nerd, on the other hand, was solving the so-called &#8220;Pancake Problem,&#8221; publishing a paper on it&mdash;his only academic work. Apparently, <em>n</em> being the number of pancakes in a stack, (5<em>n</em> + 5)/3 flips will always be enough to sort them into a desired order. Why? I have no idea, but it&#8217;s probably got something to do with me not being a genius billionaire. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencenews.org%2Fview%2Fgeneric%2Fid%2F7697%2Ftitle%2FMath_Trek__Pancake_Sorting&sref=rss">Science News</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/woz.jpg" class="left image160" width="160" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STEVE WOZNIAK" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fsteve-wozniak%2F&sref=rss">Steve Wozniak</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Sometimes he&#8217;s <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5095603%2Fwoz-really-does-everything-on-his-segway&sref=rss">Segging</a>, sometime&#8217;s he&#8217;s <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5199199%2Fwas-steve-wozniak-unfairly-eliminated-from-dancing-with-the-stars&sref=rss">dancing</a>, sometimes he&#8217;s even <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5306520%2Fmy-most-memorable-gadgets-by-steve-wozniak&sref=rss">Giz-ing</a>. In any case since distancing himself from Apple, he&#8217;s been doing whatever the hell he wants.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: He had begun work on the Lisa, which would later be passed to other engineers. But outside of work, he was diversifying his portfolio. Before he was a voluntary spokesperson for <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged DEAN KAMEN" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fdean-kamen%2F&sref=rss">Dean Kamen</a>&#8216;s Segway, he was a paid spokesperson for Datsun, featuring in a TV commercial for the 1979 280zx in which he drops such memorable elocutions as &#8220;I prefer the Z!&#8221; and &#8220;IT. IS. AWESOME.&#8221; It is, Steve. <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dl9RX0mBZ0HA&sref=rss">It is.</a><br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/steve-ballmer.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong>Steve Ballmer</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: At Microsoft, he&#8217;s the dude. He basically runs the show, filling Billy G&#8217;s old shoes, as it were. In any case, he&#8217;s at his peak.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Fresh out of college, Steve hadn&#8217;t even joined Microsoft yet. It wasn&#8217;t until 1980 that he even pitched the company, who later gave him a job, then a few more jobs, then THE job. A distinguished student at Harvard, he had lofty dreams, which led him to LA, where he tried to make it in Hollywood. (Behind the scenes, of course.) His bid for fame, or at least, profit made from others&#8217; fame, didn&#8217;t pan out, so he went back to school at Stanford. In an alternate universe, Ari Gold&#8217;s character in <em>Entourage</em> is based on Steve. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.seattletimes.nwsource.com%2Farchive%2F%3Fdate%3D19980125%26%23038%3Bslug%3D2730718&sref=rss">Seattle Times</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/michaeldell.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong>Michael Dell</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Michael Dell helms the second largest PC manufacturer in the world, and is currently trying to navigate a difficult economy and a precipitous drop in some of his core businesses.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Baby Dell has was just getting a taste of his two lifelong passions: computing and cash. He got his first machine, an Apple II of all things, in 1979 at the age of 14, and promptly tore it apart. Soon after, he tried his hand at entrepreneurship, hawking newspaper subscriptions to newlyweds, whose information he scrounged from public records. This quickly made him a thousandaire. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.entrepreneurslife.com%2Fthoughts%2Fentry%2Fdell-marketing-strategies%2F&sref=rss">Source</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/howardstringer.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong>Sir <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged HOWARD STRINGER" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fhoward-stringer%2F&sref=rss">Howard Stringer</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Currently serving as the <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fhoward-stringer&sref=rss">Emperor of all things Sony</a>, Stringer is hoping to overhaul the company&#8217;s lumbering, inefficient structure into something a little more streamlined, a little more manageable, and a lot more profitable.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: Our Howard, not yet a Sir, was killing network news. In 1979 he was working for CBS, and in 1980 presided over wide staff cuts at the network, mainly in the news department. Apparently, this gutted the network, dragging it down in the ratings races to this day. Not an auspicious start as far as restructurings go, but Sony&#8217;s a totally different animal, I guess. Right? [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2005%2F03%2F07%2Fbusiness%2Fworldbusiness%2F07stringer.html%3F_r%3D1&sref=rss">NYT</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/hp_02.jpg" class="left image340" width="340" /><br />
<strong><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BILL HEWLETT" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fbill-hewlett%2F&sref=rss">Bill Hewlett</a> and <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged DAVID PACKARD" href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Ftag%2Fdavid-packard%2F&sref=rss">David Packard</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Passed away, so R.I.P.. But, when they were less dead, they founded what would become the largest PC manufacturer in the world, and drove innovation in personal computing, printing and computer science for years.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: As loads of exciting innovations were swirling around them, courtesy of people who were more or less children, Bill and David were in the twilight of their respective careers. David had returned to HP after a stint in Richard Nixon&#8217;s Defense Department, where he became an expert in weapons procurement. Half-employed by HP and still advising the government from time to time, he could be seen wandering the halls of the company, doing odd jobs and making new employees kind of sad. By this time, Bill Hewlett had stepped down as CEO, though he and David still featured in some <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hpmemory.org%2Fwb_pages%2Fwall_b_page_08.htm&sref=rss">seriously rad company literature</a> from time to time. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hp.com%2Fretiree%2Fhistory%2Ffounders%2Fpackard%2Ftouch.html&sref=rss">HP</a>, <a href="%20http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FUmmMGE0IJ0C&#038;pg=PA139&#038;lpg=PA139&#038;dq=%22dave+packard%22+nixon+department+of+defense+weapons&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=xXUS_9d19T&#038;sig=lhyWnSWGP1Hwzy-BX09SNnM5FeU&#038;hl=en&#038;ei=nhVeSsj7A9WrjAeMysXSDQ&#038;sa=X&#038;oi=book_result&#038;ct=result&#038;resnum=1">Ralph Sanders</a>, <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.businessweek.com%2Fss%2F08%2F11%2F1121_famous_partnerships%2Fimage%2F6_bill_dave.jpg&sref=rss">Image from BusinessWeek</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/07/504x_googleguys.jpg" class="left image500" width="500"/><br />
<strong>The Google Guys</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page run the internet, to put it bluntly. Google&#8217;s got the most popular search engine, a wide range of successful web services, and a lion&#8217;s share of the online advertising market. They might have even made the OS on your phone.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: This is where Silicon Valley exec age disparities start to get funny. In 1979, Eric Schmidt was on his way to becoming a respectable adult, heading into a PhD program at Berkeley. Meanwhile, Sergey was emigrating from the Soviet Union. With his parents, of course, since he was only six. While Schmidt was churning out a dissertation over in Oakland, Sergey and Larry were building block castles at Montessori schools. Tech-savvy PhD candidates take note: Those kids at the Waldorf Academy down the street? They might be your bosses someday. I mean, don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;ll be filthy rich. But still. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nndb.com%2Fpeople%2F360%2F000058186%2F&sref=rss">NNDB</a>, <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejc.com%2Farticles%2Fsergey-brin-google-revolutionary&sref=rss">The JC</a>]<br />
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/deamkamen.jpg" class="left image160" width="160" /><br />
<strong>Dean Kamen</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now</strong>: Though he hasn&#8217;t birthed truly high profile invention since the Segway, Kamen is still doing some really cool stuff, be it designing <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F370698%2Fcolbert-first-vid-of-dean-kamens-miracle-water-distiller&sref=rss">water purification systems</a>, <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F394072%2Fall-things-d-dean-kamen-on-his-mind%2Bcontrolled-cyborg-luke-arm&sref=rss">bionic arms for vets</a>, or rock-climbing wheelchairs. Or hanging out on his own <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5104016%2Fdean-kamens-private-island-is-now-entirely-off-the-grid&sref=rss">private island</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Then</strong>: In 1979, Dean was running from the tax man! Sort of. Having failed to graduate from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dean had jumped headfirst into a new project called the &#8220;Auto-Syringe,&#8221; which would later be known as the first insulin pump. After his project gained traction, he moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire for tax reasons, and promptly got rich. [<a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fwired%2Farchive%2F8.09%2Fkamen_pr.html&sref=rss">Wired</a>]</p>
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		<title>Stringer calls Kotick’s threats ‘rubbish’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rubbish_lowcase.jpg" alt="" />It’s been a tough year for Sony’s PlayStation console and the situation was slightly exacerbated when Activision’s Robert Kotick threatened to stop supporting the platform unless console prices were cut. Sony CEO Howard Stringer considered <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/19/activision-to-drop-sony-ps3-psp-support/">Kotick’s threats</a> part of the business. ]]></description>
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<p>It’s been a tough year for Sony’s PlayStation console and the situation was slightly exacerbated when Activision’s Robert Kotick threatened to stop supporting the platform unless console prices were cut. Sony CEO Howard Stringer considered <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchgear.com%2F2009%2F06%2F19%2Factivision-to-drop-sony-ps3-psp-support%2F&sref=rss">Kotick’s threats</a> part of the business. </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;He likes to make a lot of noise,&#8221; Stringer said, when asked about the comments. &#8220;He&#8217;s putting pressure on me and I&#8217;m putting pressure on him. That&#8217;s the nature of business.&#8221;</p>
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<p>It wouldn’t surprise me if Sony just bundled the console with two AAA titles and left it at that. They’re already doing it now with the <a href="http://redirectingat.com?id=21261X792902&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchgear.com%2F2009%2F07%2F07%2Fthat-80gb-ps3-bundle-we-mentioned-is-totally-shipping%2F&sref=rss">MGS4/Killzone 2 bundle and LittleBigPlanet/Wall-E bundles</a>. </p>
<p>When asked about discounting the PS3, Stringer simply said, &#8220;I (would) lose money on every PlayStation I make &#8212; how&#8217;s that for logic.&#8221;<br />
Oh, and don’t get any ideas about Sony selling off any assets in the entertainment sector. </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re learning to fuse content and hardware. This wouldn&#8217;t be a time to get rid of either,&#8221; he said.</p>
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